Greetings and happy-ish New Year. If you’re here for the latest information on Omicron, check out episode #53 or tune in for episode #55 on January 18, 2022. For now, ... The post CTT #54: What can we expect from Covid-19 in 2022? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
This week’s guest is Fixing Healthcare alum David Feinberg. In August 2021, Dr. Feinberg was named CEO of Cerner, a leading provider of “electronic health records” or EHRs. Just four ... The post FHC #41: New Cerner CEO says Epic isn’t his biggest competitor appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
CTT #53: How dangerous is Omicron, based on the latest data? Omicron, the mysterious new variant accounting for nearly 3 of every 4 new cases in the United States, is ... The post CTT #53: How dangerous is Omicron, based on the latest data? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
Medical professionals and budding entrepreneurs love to talk about the technologies that will someday revolutionize patient care. Our guest on Fixing Healthcare is already funding and fashioning those technologies to ... The post FHC #40: How venture-backed tech is transforming U.S. healthcare appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
This week, America has Omicron on the mind. Listeners flooded the CTT inbox with questions about the new variant. Among them: Is Omicron more transmissible or lethal than Delta? Are ... The post CTT #52: What do scientists know about Omicron? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
Americans who’ve received two shots of Pfizer or Moderna, or the single-dose J&J vaccine, are considered “fully vaccinated” … for now. That could change, depending on the data, according to ... The post CTT #51: Will the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ change with boosters? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
George Halverson was CEO of Health Partners in Minnesota for 18 years and CEO of Kaiser Permanente for 12. As a health-plan leader, he spent 30 years fixing healthcare. He ... The post FHC #39: Paying for healthcare is out. Buying healthcare is in. appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
There was time when Coronavirus: The Truth cohosts Jeremy Corr and Dr. Robert Pearl assumed the show would be irrelevant and retired by episode 20. This week, which marks the ... The post CTT #50: Is Covid-19 here to stay? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
In this episode of Coronavirus: The Truth, Jeremy Corr and Dr. Robert Pearl tackle more than a dozen timely and tricky Covid-19 questions. This week: What should listeners know about ... The post CTT #49: Can I get my flu shot and Covid-19 booster at the same time? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare ....
Merck’s new oral antiviral medication (molnupiravir) has been labeled a “huge, huge advance” in the fight against Covid-19 by a Harvard Medical School virologist. The pill also has been called ... The post CTT #48: Is Merck’s anti-Covid pill really the ‘holy grail’? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
Our guest today is Dr. Ernest Grant, president of the American Nurses Association (ANA). He is the first male president in the organization’s 125-year history. And his passion for nursing ... The post FHC #38: More male nurses, nurses of color needed says ANA president appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
Data points, alone, never tell the whole story. Numbers are often used and misused to confirm our personal biases rather than to inform or reform our thinking. No matter how ... The post CTT #47: How are the Covid-19 numbers still this bad? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
A listener wrote in about Ivermectin—a drug used to kill worms and parasitic infections—because her friends had recommended it for treating Covid-19. To date, 14 studies have concluded that Ivermectin ... The post CTT #46: Why are people taking Ivermectin to treat Covid-19? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, envisions a future where the iconic “H” comes to symbolize much more than a building where people go for acute ... The post FHC #37: The future of the American hospital appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
A while back, Houston Methodist hospital gave its 26,000 employees an ultimatum: Get vaccinated or get a new job. All but 100 or so workers complied and, now, hospital leaders ... The post CTT #45: Do vaccine mandates actually work? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
“As you know my son starts kindergarten in a couple of weeks,” Jeremy Corr said to his cohost Dr. Robert Pearl in this episode of Coronavirus: The Truth. “I know ... The post CTT #44: How does the Delta variant affect kids? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
Goodbye, Marcus Welby, M.D., that lovable TV doctor from the early ‘70s whose humble private practice dealt with everything from impotence to Alzheimer’s disease. Hello to integrated, team-based, 21st-century medicine ... The post FHC #36: How physician teamwork makes the dream work appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
In this episode of Coronavirus: The Truth, Jeremy Corr and Dr. Robert Pearl dive deep into the ever-thickening plotline around booster shots. Drug companies like Pfizer are pushing for them. ... The post CTT #43: To booster or not to booster? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
“How worried should people be about the Delta variant?” asked one listener of Coronavirus: The Truth. The answer: Very. “Data published online this week shows the Delta variant spreads 225% ... The post CTT #42: How dangerous is the Delta variant? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
This episode kicks off season 6 of the Fixing Healthcare podcast and, this time around, cohosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr are flipping the show’s format on its head. ... The post FHC #35: The AMA vs. chronic disease, racism & physician burnout appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
A close look at data from 2.9 million households revealed something bizarre about birthdays. Results of a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine indicated a 31% higher frequency of Covid-19 ... The post CTT #41: Are kids birthday parties the biggest super-spreader events? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
As the pandemic winds down, scientists and pollsters are looking closer at public health decisions in hindsight. A new Axios-Ipsos poll looked into whether masking and social distancing actually saved ... The post CTT #40: Was social distancing a waste of time? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
The first four seasons of the Fixing Healthcare podcast focused on how to fix the U.S. healthcare system—its perverse payment model, clunky computer systems and regulatory dysfunctions. However, contrary to ... The post Season 5 recap: Fixing the culture of medicine appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
Several recent news stories have revived the debate over whether the novel coronavirus was first transmitted from a bat to a human via a wet market in Wuhan, China, or ... The post CTT #39: What’s the truth about Covid-19’s origins? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
Dr. Anthony Fauci recently called for schools to reopen “full blast,” with in-person classes five days a week. Meanwhile, CDC officials said that schools should resume in-person learning as soon ... The post CTT #38: Masks in classrooms for students this fall? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
Marty Makary, a nationally renowned surgeon and educator at Johns Hopkins, goes about life as if having ingested a truth serum for which there is no antidote. Hear him speak ... The post FHC #33: Marty Makary on eliminating waste in medical education appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
Co-host Dr. Pearl spoke with several critical care physicians in a recent Forbes article. One of those doctors described waking up regularly before sunrise, covered in sweat. Another seasoned physician ... The post CTT #37: Will pandemic stress cause clinicians to quit medicine? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
The FDA has recommended a temporary pause of the J&J vaccine until scientists can sort out what’s causing a rare (and, in one case, fatal) blood clot in a six ... The post CTT #36: Is the J&J vaccine scare an overreaction or scientifically valid? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
Alison Hadden is a lifelong athlete, an adventurer and was, by age 38, a marketing executive at three different billion-dollar tech companies. But in 2018, Alison says “life burst through ... The post FHC #32: A patient with terminal cancer opens up about her doctors appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
As vaccines get rolled out to younger and younger Americans, parents have questions and are raising serious concerns. Polls show just half of U.S. parents plan to get their children ... The post CTT #35: How young is too young to be vaccinated? appeared first on Fixing Healthcare .
